{"id":16924,"date":"2021-09-08T17:18:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/08\/democrats-say-fort-mccoy-refugees-are-being-properly-vetted\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:58:48","slug":"democrats-say-fort-mccoy-refugees-are-being-properly-vetted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/09\/08\/democrats-say-fort-mccoy-refugees-are-being-properly-vetted\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats say Fort McCoy refugees are being properly vetted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SPARTA, Wis. (AP) \u2014 Several Democratic members of Wisconsin\u2019s congressional delegation who toured Fort McCoy say they\u2019re confident Afghan refugees arriving at the Wisconsin base are being properly vetted before they resettle across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S Reps. Ron Kind and Mark Pocan toured the base in Monroe County on Tuesday with several Democratic state lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind said evacuees were undergoing a \u201cmulti-layered\u201d process that includes biometric screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort McCoy is one of eight U.S. military bases that\u2019s temporarily housing Afghans who have fled their country after the recent collapse of the government to the Taliban. The base can host up to 13,000 refugees and as of Friday, 8,780 people had arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\t